Cucurbita pedatifolia
| Cucurbita pedatifolia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Cucurbita |
| Species: | C. pedatifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Cucurbita pedatifolia L.H.Bailey | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cucurbita moorei L.H.Bailey | |
Cucurbita pedatifolia is a xerophyte plant species of the genus Cucurbita.[2][3][4] It is native to Querétaro, Mexico. It has not been domesticated.[3] While C. pedatifolia has been cross bred, results have met with limited success.[5] It does not cross well with other species of Cucurbita.<ref name=purdue">"Cucurbits". Purdue University. Retrieved September 5, 2013.</ref> It is a close relative of Cucurbita radicans.[5] Geographic location and genetics make it highly likely that Cucurbita scabridifolia is a naturally occurring hybrid of Cucurbita foetidissima and C. pedatifolia.[5] It also has some mesophyte traits may represent a transitional state between the mesophytic Cucurbita and the mesophytic Cucurbita.[6]
The species was formally described by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1943, in Gentes Herbarum.[2]
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Cucurbita pedatifolia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bailey, Liberty Hyde (1943). "Species of Cucurbita". Gentes Herbarum (Ithaca, NY) 6: 267–322.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nee, Michael (1990). "The Domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae)". Economic Botany (New York: New York Botanical Gardens Press) 44 (3, Supplement: New Perspectives on the Origin and Evolution of New World Domesticated Plants): 56–68. JSTOR 4255271.
- ↑ GRIN (February 17, 2005). "Cucurbita pedatifolia L. H. Bailey.". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Andres, Thomas C. (1987). "Hybridization of Cucurbita foetidissima with C. pedatifolia C. radicans, and C. ficifolia". Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University) 10: 72–73.
- ↑ Bemis, W. P.; Whitaker, Thomas W. (April 1969). "The Xerophytic Cucurbita of Northwestern Mexico and Southwestern United States". Madroño (California Botanical Society) 20 (2): 33–41. JSTOR 41423342.
External links
| External identifiers for Cucurbita pedatifolia | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 5734225 |
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